Monday, March 31, 2014

Monday morning chat.....

Good morning
everyone! I remember at the start of
this year thinking about trying to blog more regularly and keep up-to-date
better on my blog reading. Well, can’t
say March was too successful a month for that!!! Here I am scraping in at the
end of the month having last blogged three weeks ago!!! April can only be better…right?!?!?!?

I don’t even feel I
have much to show stitching-wise although there is nothing like checking back
on your last blog post to realise that you’ve done a bit more than you
thought!!!

First up, I need to
share what has been occupying my time a little more than stitching – my
quilt. Oh yes, I have become well and
truly hooked on working on this! Here’s
a picture of before it was quilted to
let you see the overall design…

And here it is
quilted and with the binding halfway done as in, the binding is attached and
I’m now in the middle of hand sewing it to the back….

This evening is our
last class and those seven weeks have gone in so quickly! I have loved this learning curve. There was one week when I was quite
discouraged (precision sewing on the machine is not my strength!) but with the
encouragement (and help) of our class teacher and my friend Margaret I got back
on track and haven’t looked back since.

Another quilt on the
horizon? Oh yes! Hoping to take another class in the autumn
and probably dabble here at home before then.

You may remember
last time I was talking about how I’d grand plans of finishing the first
quarter of SL’s Mary Gail by the end of March.
Well, I can’t say I’ve managed that but I do have a bit of progress to
share….

Next up is BBD’s
Hannah Lovina Joslin and straight off I have to apologise for such a terrible
picture!!! Only when I got it ready to post did I realise how bad it
was!!! I have not done justice in any
way to this beautiful sampler with my picture-taking!!!

I’d say only a
couple more Wednesdays and I’ll be reporting a finish. Several people on this IG SAL have finished
and the rest of us are all nearing completion.

Finally, having
neglected the BBD LF’s since my last blog post I did pick it up at the weekend
and have a very little bit of progress to share….

Yes, the poinsettia
in the top right corner has been started!!!

And that’s about all
for this time. Thank you for all the
lovely comments last time round. I really do appreciate hearing from
everyone. It is such a boost and an encouragement
to hear from others. I hope all is well with you and yours and that some Spring
weather is starting to appear. And now let me hit ‘publish’ and get back on
track with my blogging!

I rarely manage more than two posts a month, myself, Lois...I always am amazed at people who blog two or three times a week!

Your quilt is absolutely perfect--I love it and it makes me want to take a quilting class of my own... So glad your experience was a good one and that you're now hooked (as long as you don't give up your cross stitching :) Hannah is looking especially lovely--can't wait to see your finish.

Hope spring has made an appearance over there. We are finally warming up here :) Have a great week, my friend!

Lois, you're quilt is stunning! What a great achievement. Love the progress on your Hannah, Mary and Loose Feathers piece. I think you've been on a roll. It's hard to blog when there is so much going on. I just looked at my own and it's been over a month since I posted. I think it's time for me to post soon. lol

All your projects are so beautiful! Wow! The quilt is spectacular! I wouldn't call that a beginner quilt either. Fantastic that you did your own machine quilting too. Beautiful projects for stitching too!

It IS hard to share our time between different hobbies. I used to be an avid Genealogist, before I came back to stitching--serious stitching. Now I have been seeing some applique that I want to try, some SMALL quilting projects... and WHEN will I do these? It's a dilemma! Your quilt looks fantastic, and you made some progress on your WIPs at least. It all counts as 'stitching'!!!